About Us

RECIPES is a research network bringing together over 40 researchers and 15 institutions connected with organizations working across the food system to advance the science needed to make our wasteful food system sustainable, equitable, and resilient. Launched on October 1, 2021, the first five years of our work is supported through NSF grant 2115405

Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Fellows

Researcher Map

Participating Institutions & Organizations

Regions of Study

Map based on Co-PI Konar’s work on food flows supported by NSF Grants: ACI-1639529, EAR-1534544, CBET-1844773. Cite as: Lin, X., Ruess, P. J., Marston, L., & Konar, M. (2019). Food flows between counties in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 14(8), 084011.

Researchers

Network Coordination Team

Co-Director RECIPES, Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Co-Director RECIPES, Interim Associate Dean, Morgan State University

Matthew Hartings

Co-Director, RECIPES, Associate Professor, American University

Co-Director RECIPES, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Co-Director RECIPES, Van Buren Professor, Ohio State University

Program Manager, RECIPES,
American University

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Assistant Professor-Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Weslynne Ashton

Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology

Sarah Irvine Belson

Professor, American University

RECIPES Fellow and Professional Lecturer, American University

Christine Bozlak

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Community of Practice Manager, Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor, Ohio State University

Assistant Professor, American University

Professor, Ohio State University

Co-Director of Center for Social Design, Maryland Institute College of Art

Nathan Eddingsaas

Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Associate Professor, Purdue University

Steffanie Espat

Co-Design Lead, Center for Social Design Maryland Institute College of Art

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Jessica Gephart

Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Garrett Graddy-Lovelace

Associate Professor, American University

Pepsi Holmquist

Assistant Professor,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Darby Hoover

Senior Resource Specialist,
Natural Resources Defense Council

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Teaching & Learning Specialist, American University

Professor,
University of California, Davis

Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Professor, Morgan State University

Professor, Texas A&M University

Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Program Director,
Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities

Associate Dean, Rochester Institute of Technology

Senior Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Wildlife Fund

Melissa Pflugh Prescott

Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Malini Ranganathan

Associate Professor, American University

Associate Professor, University at Albany State University of New York

Associate Professor,
Illinois Institute of Technology

Sauleh Siddiqui

Director RECIPES, Associate Professor, American University

Associate Professor, University of California, Davis

Anastasia Snelling

Professor, American University

Kaitlin Stack Whitney

Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tambra Stevenson

PhD Student and founder of WANDA, American University

Assistant Professor, Morgan State University

Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

Professor, UC Davis; Director, Center for Design in the Public Interest

Professor, Duke University

Staff

Susana Birdsong

Grants and Contract Manager,
American University

Research Data Associate,
American University

Designer and Illustrator

Grant & Contract Manager,
American University

postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows

Diana Rodriguez Alberto

Postdoctoral Fellow,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Sarah Kakadellis

Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of California, Davis

Tiruwork Tibebu

Postdoctoral Fellow,
American University

STUDENTS

Student Convergence Facilitator,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Mariana Torres Arroyo

University at Albany State University of New York

Michael Awotoye

Morgan State University

Brooke Bahn

University of California, Davis

Kristina Chomiak

Rochester Institute of Technology

Michael Chukwurah

Morgan State University

Margarita Cozzan

Johns Hopkins University

American University

Dipthi Dinesh

Maryland Institute College of Art

American University

Carisse Geronimo

University of California, Davis

American University

Livingston High School

Ohio State University

Morgan State University

Yulia Lamoureaux

University of California, Davis

Katie Lessard

American University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Elisa Alarcon Marin

Maryland Institute College of Art

Erika Mitchell

Rochester Institute of Technology

University at Albany State University of New York

Julia Norman

American University

Ohio State University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Catherine Rowen

Rochester Institute of Technology

Amelia Rowniewski

American University

Gabriela Sarmiento

Johns Hopkins University

Samantha Schulteis

Duke University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Hannah VanWagner

American University

Rochester Institute of Technology

Corey Welcher

Johns Hopkins University

Benjamin Wenig

American University

American University

Past Collaborators

Vidisha Agarwalla

Former Social Design Associate,
Center for Social Design, MICA

Former Data & Modeling Student,
American University

Former Design Student,
MICA

Former Anthropology Student,
American University

Estela Duhart

Former Social Design Associate,
Center for Social Design, MICA

Liana Sofia Garcia

Former Data & Modeling Student,
American University

Professor, American University

Former Design Student,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Rodhy Vixamar

Former Student,
Rochester Institute of Technology

Former Design Student,
MICA

Advisory Board

Amy Bachman

Director of Procurement and Sustainability,
DC Central Kitchen

Jessica Fanzo

Professor, The Columbia Climate School
Director, Food for Humanity Initiative

Katy Hart

Chief of Staff and Operations Manager,
ReFED

Jim Jones

Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department at the University of Florida

Richard Rushforth

Assistant Research Professor,
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University